На дворе 1935 год, и в популярной радиопередаче рассказывается история о ночном Нью-Йорке. О том, как неудержимая, непреклонная и беспощадная сила природы, зовущая себя Карателем, стремится вогнать кол в сердце преступного мира города. Как босс гангстеров Голландец Шульц извивается и просит помощи у тяжёлой артиллерии, такой как Барракуда и Ножовка, чтобы остановить этого жестокого джаггернаута-мстителя. Как волна насилия уносит не только жизни громадного количества бандитов, но и души хозяина мелкой бакалейной лавки и его впечатлительного сына. Но это не просто радиопередача. Всё происходит взаправду в Нью-Йорке, в 1935 году. И да поможет вам Бог, если вы окажетесь на пути Карателя.

The latest addition to Marvel's red-hot Noir line offers a unique spin on the Man Without Fear! Prohibition-era Hell's Kitchen is Kingpin territory, and until now, his only problem has been the masked vigilante known as Daredevil. When gangster Orville Halloran arrives on the scene, fresh from a stretch in Sing Sing and eager to stretch his wings, Hell's about to get hotter. For P.I. Foggy Nelson and his loyal assistant Matt Murdock, it all starts when a desperate woman comes to their office with an irresistible story about her and Halloran. To Foggy, she's a client - to Murdock, she's enough to make Halloran Daredevil's next target. But Murdock is about to find out that half-truths are poison truths, and that the Kitchen is full of history that will put him on a collision course with both the old Kingpin and the man who wants to replace him. Collects Daredevil: Noir #1-4

A lot can change in ten years. And rarely for the better. Local legend, Luke Cage, invincible, unstoppable, unflappable, finds that out the hard way when he returns to the mean streets of Prohibition-era Harlem after a ten-year stretch in Riker's Island. All he wants is to be back in the loving arms of his woman, but certain powerful men have different plans for Cage. Willis Stryker, Cage's childhood friend turned Godfather of Harlem, wants him on his crew, and under his thumb. And wealthy white socialite Randall Banticoff, whose wife is now very dead, murdered in a Harlem alley, wants Cage to investigate her death. Cage is about to learn that coming home is never easy, and to survive he might just have to kill a whole lot of people. Collects Luke Cage Noir #1-4.